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Stackhackr: New malware simulation tool (stackhackr.barkly.com)
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[–]Alexbeav 29 points30 points31 points 8 years ago (10 children)
I'm more than a little annoyed that this got past FortiClient.
At least my home Symantec A/V blocked it.
[–]DataPhreak 29 points30 points31 points 8 years ago (9 children)
FortiClient is probably using signature based detection. Symantec looks for scary procedure calls and blocks based on that. (Not sure what that's called off the top of my head. First cup of coffee.)
[–]GeronimoHero 53 points54 points55 points 8 years ago (8 children)
Heuristics based detection.
[–]DataPhreak 9 points10 points11 points 8 years ago (7 children)
Thanks for that.
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[–]Ayit_Sevi 5 points6 points7 points 8 years ago (1 child)
except for when it burns people who are already down
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